Bearing mounting



Dec. 8, 1942. F. J. YOUNG BEARING MOUNTING Filed Dec. 18. 1939 mlmlmla Patented Dec. 8, 1942 BEARING MOUNTING Forrest J. Young, Los Ange'les, Calif., assignor to The National Supply Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporationof Pennsylvania.

7 Application December 18, 1939, SerialNo. 209,707

Claims. (.01. -8187 .1)

This invention relates to bearing mountings and more particularly to a bearing mounting for a horizontally disposed shaft, and deals particularly with the construction of such mountings so.

labyrinth seal between the bearing housing and a rotary member mounted upon the shaft in position to prevent admission of foreign matter into the said bearing.

the like. 'I'hebearing 5 is secured within a bearing housing 6 mounted within the base extension 4.

Secured to the housing 6 by means of bolts 7 as to exclude foreign matter from the bearings of I 5 is an annular closure ring 8. The closure ring 8 such mounting. t I has a channel portion 9 of reduced diameter and It is an object of my invention to provide a bearis provided with a radial flange I 0 and an outing mounting including a housing having. a bearwardly directed annular rim II.

ing therein for supporting a horizontally posi- Secured to 1 the shaft I is a drive sprocket I2 tioned shaft and including a means for forming a 10 which has an annular recess I3. The annular rim II. fits within this annular recess I3. The sprocket I2 also has an overlapping cooperating annular rim I4 which overlies the annular rim I l to provide a labyrinth restriction.

Another object of this invention is to provide I5 An oil-tight chain guard I5 is provided to ena bearing mounting including a housing having a compass the outer end of the shaft I and surbearing therein for supporting a shaft wherein a rounds the drivesprocket I2. The guard I5 may member is provided forming a labyrinth seal :bebe pr v d d with an a nu a pa k a rier r n tween the shaft and the bearing housing, said v [6 surrounding the reduced portion 9 of the ring 8. member providing a channel for carrying foreign 2 Packing I1 may be mounted within the ring Iii matter away from the'bearing.

Other objects and advantages of this invention it is believed will be apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof as illustrated inthe accompanying drawing. v

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rotary machine partly in vertical section illustrating a bearing mounting embodied in my invention.

Figure 2 is an end view of the rotary machine as illustrated in Figure 1 with the chain guard removed. I

Figure 3 is a sectional end view taken substan- V tially upon the line 3--3 of Figure 1. V When the guard I5 is not used, the mud simply In the preferred embodiment of my invention falls into the annular channel 9 and flows by as. illustrated in the accompanying drawing, I gravity around the side of the ring 8. to a point have illustrated the same as utilized in connection Where it falls clear of the rotary machine. with the mounting of the drive or pinion shaft I It will be obvious from the foregoing that the of a rotary machine used in connection with the 40 c osu e ember 9 n ed not be Completely annudrilling of wells for the recovery of oil, gas, water lar in shape but that certain of the benefits of or the like, This rotary machin includ s a, ba this invention would be obtained should the chan- 2 upon which the rotary table 3 is mounted. The nel e only a r u h in h pp r p n f h rotary table 3 is driven through a suitable gear l su m r h chief requirement of connection from the shaft I. In this particular such channel is of course that the bottom of the adaptation of my invention the shaft 1 is asha n l or r u h be s ti y b low the sembled from below, that is, the housing 4 is inhighest Point Of entrance of e by h tegrally formed with the base 2 so that the shaft striction formed between the closure ring 8 and is assembled through an opening in the bottom of the pr k t I2- I the base 2. Means are provided for introducing lubricant There are ordinarily two bearings provided for into the bearing 5, which m ans n l a grease supporting the shaft I, but my invention is parinle 2 which is provided with a grease fitting ticularly illustrated as adapted to the mounting of 2 an l a s to h r n h inj ction of the outer bearing 5 and for protecting that beargrease through the fitting 22 is caused to traverse ing from foreign matter such a rotary mud or the bearing 5 and n p h h he clearwithin the channel 9 to form a fluid-tight seal. The guard I5 is preferably of the split construction with the upper and lower halves meeting along a joint I 8. The bearing housing 6 is secured in position by means of bolts I9 which secure the said housing to the base extension 4.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that should drilling mud fall on the rotary machine and flow over the base extension 4 in the direction indicated by the arrow 20, that there is no way in which such rotary mud could work its way into the interior of the bearing 5. When the guard I5 is utilized, the mud is prevented by the packing I 1 from entering the enclosure within the guard.

ance 23 between the relatively rotatable parts 8 and 24 and finally emerge at the outer end of the labyrinth restriction. It will be apparent that this path of grease movement is counter to the direction in which foreign matter must travel in order to reach the bearing 5. A seal 25 is provided to prevent the escape of grease, insuring that the direction of flow of grease will be as stated.

Having fully described my invention, it is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the details herein set forth, but my invention is of the full scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a bearing mounting, the combination of a bearing housing having a bearing supported therein, a horizontal shaft rotatably mounted in said bearing, a rotary member fixed upon said horizontal shaft, a stationary member secured to said bearing housing and encircling a portion of said horizontal shaft, cooperating parts on the said members disposed in telescopic relation to form a labyrinth restriction, means including. a pressure fitting for injecting lubricant into said bearing at a point remote from said labyrinth restriction, sealing means operatively interposed between said bearing and said shaft and adapted to direct flow of lubricantso injected transversely through said bearing and out throughsaid labyrinth restriction, and a trough-like channel on the upper side of said stationary member between the bearing housing and the rotary member adapted to carryaway foreign matter.

2. In a bearing mounting, the combination of a bearing housing having a bearing supported therein, a horizontal shaft rotatably mounted in said bearing, a rotary member fixed .upon said horizontal shaft, a stationary member secured to said bearing housing and encircling a portion of said horizontal shaft, cooperating parts on the said members disposed in telescopic relation to form a labyrinth restriction, means including a pressure fitting for injecting lubricant. into said bearing at a point remote from said labyrinth restriction, sealing means operatively interposed between said bearing and said shaft and adapted to direct flow of lubricant so injected transversely through said bearing and out through said l'abyrinth'restriction, and a troughlilze channel on the upper side of said stationary member between the bearing housing and the rotary member adapted to carry away foreign matter, the bottom of said channel being disposed substantially below the highest portion of said labyrinth restriction.

3. In a bearing mounting, the combination of a bearing housing having a bearing supported therein, a shaft rotatably mounted in said bearing, a rotary member fixed upon said shaft, a stationary ring member encircling said shaft, said ring member being secured at one end to said bearing housing and cooperating at the other end with said rotary member to form a labyrinth restriction, means including a pressure fitting for injecting lubricant into said bearing at a point remote from said labyrinth restriction, sealing means operatively interposed between said bearing and said shaft and adapted to direct flow of lubricant so injected transversely through said bearing and out through said labyrinth restriction, said ring member having an annular channel positioned between the bearing housing and the rotary member and adapted to carry away foreign matter, the diameter of the bottom of said channel being substantially less than the outer diameter of the labyrinth restriction.

4. In combination with a shaft supported by bearing means, a drive member secured upon said "shaft near one end thereof, power transmission means adapted to rotate said drive member, an enclosure member adapted to surround said drive member and said power transmission means, a housing for the bearing means, a stationary ring member encircling said shaft and extending from said bearing means to said drive member, said ring member being secured at one end to said bearing housing and cooperating at the other end with said drive member to form a labyrinth restriction, said stationary ring member having a central portion between the said ends of reduced diameter, a lateral opening in said enclosure member through which said shaft and'stationary ring member extend, and packing means carried in said opening adapted to seal about the reduced portion of said stationary ring member.

5. In a bearing mounting, the combination of a bearing housing having a bearing supported therein, .a shaft rotatably mounted in said bearing, a rotary member fixed relative to said shaft, a stationary member secured to said bearing housing and encircling a portion of said shaft, an outwardly projecting radial flange on said stationary member, an annular rim on said flange, an elementassociated with said rotary member adapted to overlap said annular rim in telescopic relation, and means for directing a flow of grease through said bearing and outwardly between the annular rim and :said element, said means including a stationary grease seal associated with the housing and adapted to contact an element on the shaft.

FORREST J. YOUNG. 

